File 1 - Correspondence

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Correspondence authored, received, and/or compiled by Kevin Boyle, Aisling Reidy, and Françoise Hampson pertaining to the Menteş and others case. The correspondence is with the European Commission of Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Kurdish Human Rights Project. Notable items within this correspondence accessible to the public include: letters which accompanied documents and observations submitted on behalf of the applicants; requests on behalf of the applicant for extensions of document submission deadlines; correspondence pertaining to the 10-14 July 1995 case hearing in Ankara including logistical details, offers of legal aid, and lists of potential witnesses; the Court’s letter of 18 April 1996 informing that the Commission has brought the case before the Court; the 16 May 1996 submission of the applicants’ letters of legal authorisation and the accordant forms signed by their legal representatives; the Court’s letter of 8 October 1997 informing that materials supplied by the Commission to the Court have been made public over the objections of the Turkish Government; the legal representatives’ schedules of professional fees and costs; correspondence regarding shortfalls in payment from the Government; and correspondence pertaining to the payment of the awarded judgment.

Correspondence and associated materials within the file that were created by either the European Commission of Human Rights or the Government of Turkey are not permitted to be accessed until 1 November 2073.

• English

• Turkish

• French